8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise,
and perverteth the words of the righteous.The King James Version,
(Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.
Dt 16:19
19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,
neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert
the words of the righteous. The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge)
1769.
Pr 17:23
23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Pr 25:14
14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without
rain.
Ec 5:19
19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and
hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice
in his labour; this is the gift of God. 20For he shall
not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him
in the joy of his The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.
Ec 7:7
7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
